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UK e-Science Core Programme, Engineering and Physical Sciences Research Council, Polaris House, Swindon SN2 1ET, UK.
Philos Trans A Math Phys Eng Sci. 2003 Aug 15;361(1809):1809-25. doi: 10.1098/rsta.2003.1224.
After a definition of e-science and the Grid, the paper begins with an overview of the technological context of Grid developments. NASA's Information Power Grid is described as an early example of a 'prototype production Grid'. The discussion of e-science and the Grid is then set in the context of the UK e-Science Programme and is illustrated with reference to some UK e-science projects in science, engineering and medicine. The Open Standards approach to Grid middleware adopted by the community in the Global Grid Forum is described and compared with community-based standardization processes used for the Internet, MPI, Linux and the Web. Some implications of the imminent data deluge that will arise from the new generation of e-science experiments in terms of archiving and curation are then considered. The paper concludes with remarks about social and technological issues posed by Grid-enabled 'collaboratories' in both scientific and commercial contexts.
在对电子科学和网格进行定义之后，本文首先概述了网格发展的技术背景。美国国家航空航天局的信息动力网格被描述为“原型生产网格”的早期示例。接着，在英国电子科学计划的背景下讨论电子科学和网格，并参考了英国在科学、工程和医学领域的一些电子科学项目进行说明。描述了全球网格论坛中社区采用的网格中间件开放标准方法，并将其与用于互联网、消息传递接口（MPI）、Linux和网络的基于社区的标准化过程进行比较。然后考虑了新一代电子科学实验即将产生的数据洪流在存档和管理方面的一些影响。本文最后论述了在科学和商业背景下启用网格的“协作实验室”所带来的社会和技术问题。
